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A stunning debut novel imagining a world where women can have children without men

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´One of the feminist novels of 2018´ Stylist

´A pacy dystopian thriller´ Red Magazine

´Topical, probing and quietly intense - XX is a phenomenal debut´ Skinny

´Fantastic - completely topical, utterly believable, and that rare thing: an issue-driven book that feels like a story, not an issue´ Julie Cohen

When Rosie and Jules discover a ground-breaking clinical trial that enables two women to have a female baby, they jump at the chance to make history.

Fear-mongering politicians and right-wing movements are quick to latch on to the controversies surrounding Ovum-to-Ovum (o-o) technology and stoke the fears of the public. What will happen to the numbers of little boys born? Is there a sinister conspiracy to eradicate men at play?

In this toxic political climate, Jules and Rosie try to hide their baby from scrutiny. But when the news of Rosie´s pregnancy is leaked to the media, their relationship is put under a microscope and they´re forced to question the loyalty of those closest to them, and battle against a tirade of hate that threatens to split them apart...

What readers are saying:
´Well written, perfectly paced and so timely,. Through excellent character development, Chadwick manages to explore the social, ethical and political questions raised, while still telling what is at its core a beautifully human story.´
´I could not put this down, even when my heart was aching and my pulse was raging.´
´This is politically and ethically engaging, as well as a very personal read. It shows a world that is only a few years away, and it left me with a lot of thoughts about gender and science. Excellent.´

"The whole plot was set out so effectively that it made me feel like this was something that could be being developed somewhere in the world right now or it´s in the near distant future!

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One of the feminist novels of 2018 Stylist

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Chadwick, Angela
Angela Chadwick trained as a journalist and worked as a reporter before becoming a communications manager within higher education. XX is her first novel.

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